>Today US frigate FFG-42 USS Klakring passed through Turkish Starits and entered Black Sea.She can stay until 10th April 2009. She will visit Varna, Sevastopol and Batumi.USS Klakring is the first US warship in Black Sea since January.
>USN comments on Admiral Ataç visit to CTF-151
>Here is a what USN thinks about the visit of Admiral Ataç to CTF-151.
>Egemen 2009 (Updated)
>This week a multinational military exercise called Egemen-2009, will start in Turkey.There is absolutely nothing on the Turkish news and defence portals about this exercise and about the participants except the fact that this exercise will happen. Therefore it is very difficult to determine the exact order of battle.Among the participants are Taurus 2009 task... Continue Reading →
>Admiral Ataç on board of TCG Giresun
>Today, as announced Admiral Ataç, commander of Turkish Navy visited F-491 TCG Giresun in Gulf of Aden.Before flying to the ship Admiral Ataç was in Bahrain. Here he contacted Bahraini high ranking military officers and the commander of the US 5th Fleet.Commander of CTF-151 Rear Adm. Terence McKnight, visited Admiral Ataç on board of TCG... Continue Reading →
>Admiral Ataç to visit TCG Giresun
>According to spokesman for Turkish General Staff Gen. Gürak, F-491 TCG Giresun escorted her first convoy between 6- 7 March. Turkish merchant vessel M/V Sürmene-4 was among the escorted ships.Among the planned future escorts are two more Turkish merchant ships: M/V Eylül-K and M/V Nazlı-GFurther more the commander of Turkish Navy Admiral Metin Ataç will... Continue Reading →
>Greek Submarine Force
>It is getting complicated to follow the restructuring and modernisation of Greek submarine force.Hellenic navy has 8 Type 209 submarines of German origin. The first 4 of them Glavkos, Nereus, Triton, Proteus are built between 1968 - 1972 and have 1100 tons displacement. The second batch Poseidon, Amphitrite, Okeanos, Pontos are built between 1976 -... Continue Reading →
>A new naval base in the Black Sea coast
>According to Turkish daily Hürriyet, Turkish Navy is planing to establish a new base in the Black Sea town, Trabzon.The main naval base of Turkish Navy in the Black Sea region is in Karadeniz Ereğlisi. Karadeniz Ereğlisi is approximately 100 nautical miles east of Bosphorus. And Trabzon is additional 400 nautical miles eastwards.The plan is... Continue Reading →
>Turkey Joins Counterpiracy Mission in the Gulf of Aden
>The Turkish frigate TCG Giresun (F-491) joinedCombined Task Force (CTF) 151 Feb. 26 and began conducting counterpiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden alongside other coalition naval forces."Bringing another professional navy into the fold is going to make it even more difficult for the pirates to operate out here," said Rear Adm. Terence McKnight, commander,... Continue Reading →
>Noble Manta 2009 ended
>Today the biggest NATO ASW exercise Noble Manta ended. The final press relase for the exercise can be read here.Commander Submarines, Allied Naval Forces South;Rear Admiral Leidig stated:“Noble Manta confirmed this year to be a vital tool to maintain and improve allied interoperability in all the aspects of modern warfare that involve the use of... Continue Reading →
>M/V Karagöl and suspicious approach (Updated)
>One should always beware of early reports and rumors these days. Especially if they have been originated on the web.Last week I found and posted a report about a failed pirate attack against a ship of Yasa shipping company. One ship belonging to this company was hijacked in October and was released in late December.... Continue Reading →
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